In a message dated 8/3/03 12:42:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Had a phone call today from a mom that has a two week old that was three > weeks preemie. Baby was 4 lbs now over 5 lbs. Nurses and latches well - > but mom > has to wake her up every three hours during the day. The Ped told her not > to > wake baby at night to nurse - "let her sleep" this baby is sleeping from > 11pm > til 8 am or so. Mother is not pumping during night and wakes up engorged > (really??). Since I am still new at this - my advice was to follow her > instincts > (she called because she felt that long night sleep was too long) I told her > to > either pump during the night or wake up baby after 4 -5 hours ( I think even > > sooner is better) I didn't want her to "not" listen/trust doctor - but is > this normal ?? for a preemie ? Any advice is appreciated - Is baby peeing, pooping and gaining adequately (more than 1/2 oz/day) basis? The answer to that would affect "desireability" baby's long sleep period. If mom doesn't BF or pump at night, she won't wake up engorged for long, which will mean a decrease in production. Failing to remove milk for 9 hours is likely to affect lactational amenorrhea and she could wind up more fertile again, much sooner... Karen *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html